Device for packing cigars



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T. M. WILSON.

`DEVICE FOR` PACKING GIGARS. No. 361,604. Patented Apr. 19, 1887.

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UNITED STATES EEicE. i

PATENT DEVICE FOR PACKING CIGARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 361,604, dated Apri119, 1887.

Application filed January 10, 1884. Renewed December 13, 1886. Serial No. 221,388. (Model.)

To @ZZ whom, t may concern.- Be it known that I, THEoDoRn M. WiLsoN, of Canton, in the county of Fulton, in the State of Illinois, have invented an Improved Device for Packing Cigars; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had tothe annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which like letters of reference refer to like parts, and in which- F1gure l represents a perspective view of the same; Fig. 2, a section; Fig. 3, a view of under side of the device, and Fig. 4 a perspective view showing the mode of removing nd transferring the compressed cigars to the The object of this invention is the construc1 tion of a device by means of which cigars may be reduced in bulk by compression and transferred, when so reduced, to the boxes in which it is customary to pack them.

My invention consists of a box open at th top and one side, having means whereby it may be longitudinally adjusted, and also having a wedge by which to compress the cigars when in said box, as well as means whereby to remove the cigars and retain them in the reduced bulk until they have been placed in the cigar-box.

In the drawings, A is the box, having extensible bottom B and side A. Said side A is formed of two parts, A2 and A3. The part A2 is fast to the end piece C', and the other part, A3, is fast to the end piece C. Vhen these two end pieces, C and C, are moved toward or from each other, the two parts A2 and A3 of the side A slide the one on the other. The extensible bottom is formed in four pieces, one of which', B', is firmly secured to the end piece C', two of which, B2, are fastened to the other end, C, and between which slides the strip B. Upon these three strips B B2 B2 is the thin broad piece B, fastened to the end C and extending to within a short distance of the end C. This serves to make the bottom entire.

The movable block D, sliding between the side A and partial side piece, A3, is drawn toward the end C by an elastic or spring, D. The screw D2 regulates the nearness of approach to the end C of said block D. Between this block D and the end C is the wedge E,

having a portion of its lower edge cut away, so that it may not rest -upon the screw D2, but upon the bottom B. To permit the ready grasping and removal of the wedge E from between the block D and end piece C, it is recessed at E and the end C is cut away, aS shown in Fig. 1.

The means by which the box A is fastened at any desired point of longitudinal adjustment consists of a bolt, G, passing through the strips B B2 B2 of the bottom B, as shown in Fig. 3, the central strip, B, being slotted longitudinally to permit the required movement. This bolt G, having its head G2 at the outside of one strip B2 and its thumb-nut G at the outside of the other strip B2, enables the said strips to be so closely drawn together as to firmly clamp between them the strip B, and thus hold the box A when adjusted.

L is a rectangular piece of board approximately equal in length and breadth to the corresponding dimensions of the cigar-box.

B is a tape or ribbon, the use of which is hereinafter described.

In using this device the tape B is iirst put into the box A, from end to end at its center, but projecting therefrom, as shown in Fig. 2. The wedge E being in place between the block D and the end piece C, the nut G is loosened and the box A shortened or lengthened until the end C and the block D would just touch the ends of the board L if placed therein. The nut G is then tightened and the wedge E removed. The block D then rests against the end of the screw D2, which is turned until a row of cigars laid side by side upon the bottom B in the number wished shall touch loosely the side of the said block D and the end C of the box A. The cigars are now placed in the box A upon the tape R until a sufficient number of horizontal rows or layers are in. The board L being laid upon the cigars, the wedge E is pressed firmly down in between the block D and the end piece C, and said block caused, therefore, to move forward and compress the cigars into a' smaller longitudinal space. By means of a press or other force not necessary to describe, the board Lis crowded downward until the cigars are in asuitable degree of vertical oompression, and while thus impressed the ends of the tape R are brought over the board L and Iirmly gripped by the hand. Now, removing the wedge E, the block D ilies back, the cigars and board L are raised by the hold on the tape B and transferred bodily to the cigar-box, from which the board L is removed, the tape B pulled out, and the work is done. For the same lot of cigars further adjustment of the screw D2 and length of the box A is of course unnecessary. The adjustment is only required with different sizes of cigar-boxes and thickness of cigars.

What I claim as my invention, and for which I desire Letters Patent, is as follows:

l'. In a cigar-packer, a box consisting of a side, bottom, and two ends, in combination with a block tting transversely in said box and adapted to be moved longitudinally therein, and a wedge arranged to be impressed between said block and the adjacent end of said box, whereby said block is forced against and uitably compresses the cigars placed in the 2. In a cigar-packer, a box consisting of a side, bottom, and two ends, said box being soV arranged as to permit the ends to be longitudinally adjusted, in combination with the block D, longitudinally movable in said box, andthe wedge E, adapted to be inserted between said block and the adjacent end ofthe box, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a cigarpacker, a box consisting of a side, bottom, and two ends, in combination with the block D, itting transversely in said box and capable of being moved longitudinally therein, the elastic D', for retractingsaid block toward the adjacent-end of the box, the screw D2, for limiting said retraction of said block, and the wedge E, adapted to be inserted between said block and the adjacent end of the said box, as and for the purpose herein described.

vin combination with clamping mechanism for securing together said strips at any desired point of adjustment, substantially as and for the purpose specified. l

5. In a cigar-packer, the box A, consisting of a side, bottom, and two ends, said side being formed of two parts, A2 and A3, one fastened to the end piece C of said ends and the other, A3, to the end C of said ends,said bottom being formed of the strips B B3, fastened to the said end C',

A and of the two strips B2, fastened to the end C,

said strip B3 being arranged to slide upon said two strips and the strip B between said two strips, in combination with a block or false end capable of being moved longitudinally in said box, mechanism for forcibly moving said block toward its non-adjacent end, and the bolt G, passing through transverse slots G3 in said strips B B2 B2, and a thumb-nut, G', for said bolt, whereby said b ox can be clamped at any desired point of longitudinal adjustment, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing invention I have hereunto set my hund this 15th day of December, 1883.

'IHEODORE M. VILSON.

Vvitnesses:

J. B. RUBLE, H. H. WYMAN. 

